This is going to be a short post. I wasn’t here too long, it was more of a little weekend excursion.
Goaded (ok, I was pretty open to the idea) into joining by my new Isla Mujeres friends while in Tulum, I made my way out on the bus to Vallodolid with no knowledge of what lay ahead. That can be pretty good sometime though, this became more of a time to bond as friends rather than explore a new place. We did some minor exploration of the area but stayed in the main central area and the hotel. I was with the three London girls and Max.
Like many of the other cities, Vallodolid is a colonial city that centers around it’s main square and church in what could probably be confirmed as traditional colonial Spanish civil planning. Our hotel was right outside the square and so we naturally spent our time nearby. We definitely missed some typical highlights but our time was limited. There were a few restaurants and bars nearby, one of which had a nice second story terrace which we spent one evening at for drinks. There was a guitar player and some other people there but we kept to ourselves since there’s a good chance it would be a rarity to ever have this group together again, by the nature of geography. Prior, what could be called dinner or pre-gaming, was where we had the most fun. We had ordered a pizza from the Domino’s next door (spare me your comments here) and bought a bottle to kill amongst ourselves.
The only cultural thing we really did was go to a little history lesson/video produced by the city at the old fort that’s not much more than a mile away from the center. In what is actually a brilliant move, the city has provided a light show that graphically depicts and aids in the voiced over history of the story.
Other than that, we took strolls around the city, swam in the pool, and read (at least some of us). It was a fun way to hang out for two days and get to know each other further. Further building the rapport of our own little international networks.
Like I said, short post.